The 37th Annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association Show lived up to expectations. This is where you go to eat the sweetest corn imaginable, still for only $1 an ear, and the chicken dinner sells out well before suppertime.
At last year’s . . .
Recently the pastor of Nine Mile Methodist Church was transferred to a new parish. The church ladies wanted to give her a special gift of farewell. Parishioner Marilyn Gibson shared the experience with me:
Pastor Shalimar Holderly served as pastor of . . .
What: Second Annual LeftFest – Fort Wayne
When: Wednesday, August 13
Where: 4005 South Wayne Ave., Fort Wayne
Time: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Why: To celebrate Southpaws and their contributions and to bring attention to the challenges . . .
When I met up with friend Robin and her granddaughter Anna at The Quilters Hall of Fame 2014 celebration we learned to expect the unexpected. We missed this year’s inductee Ruth B. McDowell’s morning walk-thru of her quilts and the opportunity . . .
Last April when I traveled to the Harlan United Methodist Church biennial quilt show, I visited Harlan Haus Antiques where I meet owner Karma Gottfried. I relate to her my interest in vintage textiles and antique sewing accessories. Karma shows me . . .
Ruth B. McDowell and Phil Beaver to be honored at the Quilters Hall of Fame Celebration 2014
It’s time once again to travel to Marion, Indiana for Celebration 2014 and the induction of the latest Hall of Fame honoree: Ruth B. McDowell. This year . . .
It all started back in late March 2013 when a woman visits Born Again Quilts with a quilting conundrum. The woman is Louise “Weezer” Bridges who spent a portion of her childhood growing up on Dale Drive off of Bluffton Road. The ladies . . .
June is “Adopt a Shelter Cat Month” and the Allen County SPCA needs help finding homes for all of the adorable felines in need of pet parents. Springtime is when more kittens are born and the need is greatest. ACSPCA staff has decorated . . .
I love a parade and there is no finer one than the Waynedale Memorial Day parade. When I was in junior high my older sister Karen played her flute in the parade as a member of the Elmhurst Marching Band. Now forty-four years later thousands of people . . .
You find them in antique stores and flea markets: the souvenir satin pillows edged with fringe. These pillows addressed to “Mother”, “My Wife”, “Sweetheart” or “Daughter” followed by a sentimental poem . . .
The Harlan United Methodist Church’s fourth biennial quilt show was another great success. Once again the church ladies under the leadership of Shirley Spindler and her daughter-in-law Rose served up great quilts and a tasty lunch. The church . . .
Once again the String-A-Long Quilt Guild’s biennial show is a resounding success. This is my third time to attend the show this time with the BAQ Crew Louise and Herb in tow. As we enter the Porter County Expo Center my cousin Janet Levihn is . . .
The Gathering of Quilters at Wayne High School was an astounding success. Over 800 quilters and quilt enthusiasts enjoyed the exhibits of 138 quilts 20 quilts of Valor and 100 Camp WatchaWannaDo quilts that will be given to children surviving cancer . . .
It would be so wonderful if by the time you read this all the snow has disappeared and tiny bits of green life is beginning to show. Let’s face it. We live in the Hoosier state where the weatherman can’t give a temperature without adding . . .
On a late October evening a woman intently peers in the front window of Born Again Quilts. That’s how I meet Judi Vaught who on her way to meet her friend Crystal and her nearly month-old son next door at the Friendly Fox Restaurant when the . . .
Happy Valentine’s Day! After all of the high winds and record-breaking low temperatures, it’s good to focus on something warm and fuzzy like Valentine’s Day.
About ten years ago I quilted a special quilt for a young Chinese girl adopted . . .
It was February 7, 1906 when the women members of the Nine Mile United Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. Levan to organize and adopt the constitution for their aid society.
The original neatly written constitution states:
I.We agree to organize . . .
Each year quilters from all over Northeast Indiana gather together on the third Saturday of March to celebrate International Quilting Day. Whether you are a hand or machine quilter, or perhaps just a lover or collector of quilts, this is a day not . . .
Every so often I am asked if I teach. I prefer to do one-on-one teaching much like how I learned to embroider from my mother, giving my pupil my full attention and allowing them to learn what they want to learn at their own speed and as their schedule . . .
After having such a fun time on their first visit to the Born Again Quilts studio and gallery, the ladies of Kingston Residence were ready to visit again during the Christmas season. The display windows one decked out with toys from yesteryear, the . . .
Christmas will soon be here, and once again TBS will run the classic movie “A Christmas Story” for a 24-hour stretch. For the uninitiated the movie recollects author Jean Shepard’s magical Christmas when his father gifts “Ralphie” . . .
Last night Tom and I attended ARCH, the historic preservation organization’s annual meeting where they released their annual list of endangered architectural assets and announced this year’s ARCHie award winners for their preservation efforts. . . .
Six months ago Rabbi Mitchell Kornspan officiated at the funeral and internment of my friend Ralph Tourkow. Before the funeral begins, Rabbi Kornspan cuts the mourning ribbons worn by Ralph’s closest relatives in a symbolic gesture of rending . . .
Happy Halloween! October 31 brings back fond memories of walking through rustling leaves while trick-or-treating with my siblings around the neighborhood whether on a cool crisp night or a foggy soggy one. Nearby Hillcrest School’s PTA would . . .
LIGHTING THE WAY TO A BETTER COMMUNITY: THE LAMPLIGHTERS HOMEMAKERS CLUB
In 1951 the “Elmhurst Better Homes” Homemakers Club saw the need for a club to meet in the evening to accommodate working women. Interested ladies from the Elmhurst . . .
MASTERPIECES QUILTS OF INSPIRATION: FEATHERS AGLOW
Happy Autumn! As the days begin to grow shorter and the nights stretch longer, I look back over this busy past summer. So much accomplished—so much to do. The Born Again Quilts façade project . . .
The fabrics of our lives often end up in the quilts we make. The second-place Viewer’s Choice award at the Maumee Valley Gas Engine Association Show went to Hoagland quilter Carole Sorg’s quilt “Sunflower Memories”.
The sunflower . . .
“Pieceful pieces” was the theme of this year’s Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association’s 28th Annual Quilt Show. The exhibit included traditional and modern designs featuring intricate piece work and both hand and . . .
You make it-own it! I encourage quilters to label the quilts they make. Whether it is a quilt masterpiece or just a cheerful quilt for the toddler to lug around. Some quilters reject the idea on the premise it makes them look boastful, but from a historic . . .
Since 1976 the 13th day of August has been celebrated worldwide as International Left-handers Day. It is the day southpaws, devil paws, sinisters and gauches celebrate their “right” to live in their unique right-brained dominant left-side . . .